Locking system for automobiles.



J. E. MINOR & C. M. PAGE.

LOCKING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILES..

APPLlCATlON HLED No.11. 1913. RENEWED FEB. 25. H6.

1,199,292. PatentedSept. 26,1916.

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1. E. MINOR & 0. M. PAGE.

LOCKING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILES.

RENEWED FEB. 25. 1916.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17.!913. 1,199,292. A Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

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JOHN E. MINOR AND CARL M. PAGE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSGUR-I, ASSIGNORS. BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE UNIVERSAL SAFETY LGCK CGMPANY, A CQRPOEA- TION OF ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

LOCKING SYSTEM FUR AllTOE'IOBIYMEZS.v

Patented Sept. 26. Milli.

Application filed December 17, 1913, Serial. No. 807,291. Renewed February 25, 1918. Serial 330. 80,553.

b all whom it nmy/ concern Be it known that we, JOHN E. MINOR and CARL M. Pass, citizens of the United States, residingat Kansas City. in the county. of, Jackson and State of Missouri, have inrented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking Systems for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a locking system for automobiles. and our object is to provide a new and useful system whereby unauthorized parties are prevented from starting an automobile during the absence of the owner.

The. inventionembraces a switch to control the ignition circuit of the automobile, and a combination lock to secure said switch in position to interrupt said circuit.

In order that said invention may be readily understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure .l is a diagrammatic view of a plurality of circuits controlled by our switch. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the combinationlock and switch proper. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the con'ibination lock switch with the front part of the casing removed. Fig. l is a central vertical section on line IV-IV of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an irregular vertical section on line VV of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a broken section on line YIVI of 3. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the switch on the plane of line IVIV on Fig. Fig. 8 is a detail of certain switch contacts for use in connection with a high tension magneto circuit.

Referring first to the combination lock and switch structure. 1 designates a casing embodying a removable back 2 upon which the switch and all the. interior mechanism of the. lock is mounted, For convenience in assembling the various parts. i

E) designates a centrally-disposed stationary stub-shaft projectingforwardly from the back plate 2.

at and 5 designate t'wo tumblers journaled upon the stub-shaft 3 and having oppositely-disposed marginal notches 6 and 7 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

8 designates a tumbler fixedly-mounted upon a knob 9 journaled in the front ortion of the casing 1 and the stub sha t 3, Fig. l. Tumbler 8 like the tumblers l and 5 has two oppositely disposed marginal notches S and 8' adapted to register with the. notches 6 and 7 when the tumblers are properly manipulated.

and

Tumbler t is spaced from the back plate 2 by a spring washer l1. Tumbler 5 opened from tumbler 4 by a. washer 12 and. a spring washer 13; a washer 1% is interposed between tumblers 5 and .Tumblers and 8 have pins 15 and 16, re-

spectively, projecting into the path of a pin determining the proper manipulation of the knob 9 in solving the combination. in order that the combination can be readily changed,

we provide one or more of the tumblers with a series or" holes :20, so that the pin or pins may be changed from one hole to another" as desired.

designates a lever pivoted at one and upon a post within the lock and extending at its opposite end through a slot 23 in casing l, the exposed end of the lever being provided with a handle 24. lliever El has an annular portion '25, so that it y be swung to the right or left to actuate a primary switch member 'ithout impinging against'the central boss 1 pressed in the front wall of the casing 1.

Switch member is substantially U- shaped and pivotally mounted at one end upon the post 22, it being spaced from the pivoted end of the lever 21 by a. sleeve 2?. The two arms of the switch member are provided with oppositely-disposed lugs 28--2l lug 28 being adapted to enter the notches 6 and S of the tumblers when the switch member is swung to theright lug 29 being adapted to enter the notches 7 and 8 or the tumblers when the switch meinb r is swung to the left.

The, lower portions of the switch arms have two oppositelydisposed lugs 30 spaced a short distance apart to admit a, flat sprii'ig 31 secured at its lower end by a pin 32 to a lug 33' struck up from the lever 21. Spring 31 afi's'ords a yielding connection between the lever'fil and the switch member 26, whereby the latter may be swung to the right or left by the former without injury through violent or careless manipulation of the lever 21.

The lower portion o. the switch member The switch n'lember 26 Tim circuit for opening the 65 W5:

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wmdmg 109, am to through 11116 111.

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